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1. The Big Short (2015)

R | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

7.8

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81 Metascore

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the United States mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt

Votes: 487,587 | Gross: $70.26M

2. RoboCop (2014)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

6.1

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52 Metascore

In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.

Director: José Padilha | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish

Votes: 240,119 | Gross: $58.61M

3. Silkwood (1983)

R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.1

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64 Metascore

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson

Votes: 22,284 | Gross: $35.62M

4. The China Syndrome (1979)

PG | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

7.4

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81 Metascore

A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady

Votes: 33,160 | Gross: $51.72M

5. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

8.2

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81 Metascore

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,755

6. Sicko (2007)

PG-13 | 123 min | Documentary, Drama

8.0

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74 Metascore

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush

Votes: 76,894 | Gross: $24.54M

7. HyperNormalisation (2016)

166 min | Documentary

8.2

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Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.

Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum

Votes: 7,411

8. The Century of the Self (2002)

59 min | Documentary

8.8

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80 Metascore

A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.

Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz

Votes: 6,382

9. Coded Bias (2020)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary

6.7

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73 Metascore

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.

Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O'Neil, Silkie Carlo

Votes: 2,764

10. Requiem for the American Dream (2015)

Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Biography, News

8.0

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Renowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.

Directors: Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Alan Greenspan, Malcolm X, Richard Nixon

Votes: 9,908 | Gross: $0.13M

11. The House I Live In (2012)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary

7.9

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77 Metascore

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson

Votes: 5,399 | Gross: $0.21M

12. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)

105 min | Documentary

7.0

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Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | Stars: Anjali Appadurai, Chris Barrett, Heidi Boghosian, Wendy Brown

Votes: 652

13. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

7.5

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70 Metascore

2011 "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" explores the rise & fall of titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.

Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Slyvester Brown, Irvin Dagen, Elmer Fiedler, Robert Fishman

Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.04M

14. Talpuk alatt fütyül a szél (1976)

90 min | Drama, Western

6.9

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Gyurka Farkos Csapó escapes from prison and returns to the steppe to find those who betrayed him.

Director: György Szomjas | Stars: Ferenc Bessenyei, Djoko Rosic, István Bujtor, György Cserhalmi

Votes: 380

15. Democracy Now! (2001– )

60 min | News, Talk-Show

7.4

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Journalist Amy Goodman hosts this independent news program which features international journalists, grassroots leaders, independent analysts, as well as ordinary people directly affected by world events and U.S. policy.

Stars: Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh, Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Votes: 481

16. Those Who Work (2018)

102 min | Drama

7.0

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Frank, a man of action who worked his way up all by himself, dedicates his life to work. No matter the place or the circumstances, be it day or night, he's on the phone, handling the cargo ... See full summary »

Director: Antoine Russbach | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Adèle Bochatay, Louka Minnella, Isaline Prévost

Votes: 916

17. The People vs. Agent Orange (2020)

87 min | Documentary

7.6

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The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, a primary chemical of the toxic defoliant causes deformed births and deadly cancers. Two heroic women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable.

Directors: Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna | Stars: Carol Van Strum, Bruce Anderson, To Nga Tran, William Bourdon

Votes: 127

18. Man (2012 Video)

4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.4

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500,000 years ago, the modern man appears. He treats the animals and nature as a consumer, with frivolity and cruelty, and pridefully turns the world into a dumpster. However, someone is watching.

Director: Steve Cutts

Votes: 1,162

19. The Turning Point (2020)

3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.5

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Animals and humans switched places. Now, animals are ruling the earth and humans are at the verge of extinction.

Director: Steve Cutts

Votes: 540

20. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.3

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,391

21. Wake Up Call (2014)

6 min | Animation, Short

6.5

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Hard criticism of excessive consumption and exploitation of natural resources by our society.

Director: Steve Cutts

Votes: 194

22. Lost in Las Vegas (2001)

90 min | Documentary

8.5

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Director: Paul Jay | Stars: Don Burton, Felicia Campbell, Wayne Catania, Kurt Coleman

Votes: 16

23. All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary

7.3

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63 Metascore

A look at the life and work of American journalist, I.F. Stone, who leads a one-man crusade against government deception.

Director: Fred Peabody | Stars: I.F. Stone, Chris Hedges, Leslie Moonves, Jeff Cohen

Votes: 566

24. The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)

80 min | Documentary, History

7.6

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This film investigates the factory worker's response to the insurrection, as well as Chile's socialist aspirations for the future. The camera captures the optimism in the industrial working class before Pinochet's US-backed coup d'état.

Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández, Ernesto Malbran

Votes: 1,045

25. Shadows of Liberty (2012)

93 min | Documentary

7.7

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Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America versus the public battle for truth and democracy.

Director: Jean-Philippe Tremblay | Stars: Kerry Shale, Amy Goodman, Janine Jackson, Deepa Kumar

Votes: 434

26. The Shanghai Drama (1938)

76 min | Drama

6.4

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A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Christl Mardayn, Louis Jouvet, Raymond Rouleau, Dorville

Votes: 126

27. Loveparade - Als die Liebe tanzen lernte (2019)

89 min | Documentary, History, Music

7.2

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It started in 1989 in the underground subculture of Berlin with an idea shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall and was to become an event that influenced a whole generation and ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Scholl | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Anja Stadlober, Daniel Paul Bier, Marcus Blanik

Votes: 21

28. Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.7

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The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Goldsmith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen

Votes: 150

29. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

7.4

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Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

30. Fear & Favor in the Newsroom (1996)

57 min | Documentary

9.0

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Director: Beth Sanders | Stars: Jon Alpert, Ben Bagdikian, Joel Beinin, Lowell Bergman

Votes: 34

31. Money Driven Medicine (2009)

83 min | Documentary

7.9

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Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable and vigorous participants in healthcare reform.

Director: Andrew Fredericks | Stars: Don Berwick, Larry Churchill, Lisa Lindell, James Weinstein

Votes: 24

32. Free Speech for Sale (1999 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

7.7

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The growing influence of 'big money' and 'big media' in American political life.

Directors: Tom Casciato, Kathleen Hughes | Stars: Dean Alger, Jeff Chester, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole

Votes: 16

33. Minimum Wages: The New Economy (1992 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

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Director: Tom Casciato | Stars: Bill Berland, Chester Gandy, Bill Moyers, Terry Neumann

34. The Secret of Selling the Negro (1954)

21 min | Documentary, Short

5.2

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Director: Wayne A. Langston | Stars: Robert Trout, Sinclair Weeks

Votes: 19

35. Milk & Moscone: Assassination at City Hall (2003 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

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The events surrounding the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk by Dan White at San Francisco's City Hall, on November 27th 1978.

Director: Ken Swartz | Stars: Martin Binder, Willie Brown, Belva Davis, Frank Falzon

36. By Any Means Necessary (1990)

29 min | Documentary, Short

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Chronicles the confrontations and destruction of housing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, that dispossessed hundreds of people during the gentrification wave, to pave way for new developments and market housing.

Director: Paul Garrin | Stars: Ronald Casanova, Miriam Friedlander, Ann Johnson, Michael Julian

37. CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode: Harvest of Shame (1960)

60 min | Documentary, News

7.9

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In this CBS News production broadcast on Thanksgiving 1960, Edward R. Murrow points out the plight of migrant farm workers in America. Topics range from the harsh living conditions, endless... See full summary »

Director: Fred W. Friendly | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Harriet Beeman, Michael Cassidy, Louis Cramp

Votes: 185

38. The Family (2019)
Episode: New World Order (2019)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Mystery

6.9

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Doug Coe, the Family's leader, obscures the group's role in the National Prayer Breakfast, which has become a hub for backroom global influence-peddling.

Director: Jesse Moss | Stars: Jeff Sharlet, A. Larry Ross, Lars Rise, Peter Sautov

Votes: 177